What is the semantic-web?

The semantic-web

The semantic-web affords the bringing together of the technical affordances of the web 2.0 paradigm shift into a documented and publicly accessible design framework. This new international design standard can be used for developing web 2.0 applications. The purpose of creating such a standard is to increase the useability of websites. This newfocus on usability as an international standard has evolved from lessons learned from the web 1.0 interaction and design paradigm. Whilst in the past web design standards were applied on a mostly ad-hoc basis, or in institutions that used them as part of policy to achieve best practice. The semantic web is working towards the standardisation in the way websites and web-applications communicate with each other.

In the following video Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, provides an analysis of the semantic-web in a down-to-earth manner.

This is important to all application designers, including ePortfolio designers, as the semantic-web aids in achieving best practice more rigorously. Many organisations will not allow for a website or web-application to be published unless the authors can clearly demonstrate that their application meets these international standards. These newstandards are created in consultation with internet publishers and e-commerce providers. The main body that controls this framework is the World Wide Web consortium (WC3).

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